1 gen 1642 anni - ree

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To sift grain, peas, etc by giving a circular motion to the contents of a sieve (OED). <i>c</i>.1580 <i>March wynd, I trowe things dry doth blowe, thy warecorne sede ree cleane</i>, Woodsome (KayeCP). In 1642 Henry Best of Elmswell wrote: <i>When wee ... take up Corne for the mill ... wee ... looke out ... a sieve to rye the Corne with</i>. He described making brown bread from rye, pease and barley, <i>viz a bushel of pease and a bushel of Rye into which wee putte a Ryinge or 2 or 3 of barley </i>(DW171-2). The reeing sieve was one of several similar implements, each specially designed for its own task: 1611 <i>1 rye riddle one haver riddle 1 reeing sive, </i>Brandsby (NYRO44/38).

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